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····As with any organism, trees come anfiendless variety of sizes, shapes, and
colors. The environmental conditions of anarea (soil, rainfall, temperature,.'sunlight, etc.)provide the boundaries for the living things
; that exist there. Those livingthings have to.haveadaptations that· allow their survivalwi~hin those boundaries~The activities-in thisunit are designed to introduce you to ofyour Minnesota neighbors to exploretheir special characteristics.
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Used with permission from Supplement to a Teachers' Guide to Arbor Month., Minnesota Arbor Month Partnership, 1992.
T .•...' iving things on their own have aL natural life cycle. Grouped together,
become part of anintricate"connectedweb that also has a delicate cycle of its own.
forest, whether in the city park or coveringacres of the countryside, isa uniqu€group ofliving non-living things that areinterde~pendent; To learn more about this forest
find a'safe forested area near you.Get permission to be there if it is land,check it out first youbrlng childrenand let's go ...
Back home or in the classroom,· have thechildren jot down their observations andspeculations about.what they. saw.. Thencontact· a naturalist or park ranger for thearea or your local extension or forestry office.Find out the real story about the forest youare studying. ~
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uThisLandisYourLand" by Woody , . -' . . . . _ ' .. ' ,>- ..... -.. " -. ' ' . • . ' "OIl Top of Old Smokey"-Traditional 'Guthrie . ". . . '. ..,. ,
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. "" '. . " r - .,... ... _. . . " . ,..' Lemon Tree by fYlni I ,(}lle '
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.' '. '.' -' ('Appalachian Spring" b)T i\::..ron Copland.' ((Different Drummer" by Stone Ponies . . '. .
((The Little Nut "-Traditional"Dog and Butterfly" by Heart
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• "East of Ging'er Trees" by Seals and Croft.' .
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The narrow rings shown in this crosssection could have been caused byseveral things such as drought(picture 3), heavy insect damage(picture 4), or damage from construction(picture 5). If a tree loses all or most ofits leaves because of an insect attack ordrought, it is not able to make food andgrows very litHe that year. Root damagefrom construction of a house orsidewalk too- close to the tree reducesthe water andmineraJs the roots canabsorb.
Used with permission from A Teachers' Guide to Arbor Month, Minnesota Arbor Month Partnership, 1990.
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fOREST I YOUR YARD
Logging took place winter. Logs were ,skidded to the river by horse-drawn sleighsover the ice. Then in the springtime when therivers thawed, logs were floated'downstream.You may have seen pictures of logjams showing what happened when logs becametangled. Sometimes dynamite wasneededtobreak up the jams.
Trees Are Terrific!National Wildlife Federation1400-16th Street, NWWashington, DC 20036800-432-6564
Minnesota Department of AgricultureShade Tree Program
West. PlafoBoulevardSt. Paul, MN 55107612-296-3349
Will answer questions related to oakwilt, Dutch elm disease, ash yellows,gypsymoth,·Japanese b~etles, and otherffiunicipalpests.
Minnesota's Bookstore117 University AvenueStoPaul,MN 55155612-297-3000
Minnesota Forest Industries1015 Torrey Building314 West Superior StreetDuluth, MN· 55802218-722-5013